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 About Rachel’s Challenge

Seventeen-year-old Rachel Joy Scott was the first victim of the Columbine High School shooting tragedy in 1999, but she was much more than a victim. She was an extraordinary young woman who went out of her way to help others, and she lives on today through Rachel’s Challenge—an inspirational outreach program established by her father Darrell Scott following  her death with the goal of starting a chain reaction of kindness.

How to Accept Rachel’s Challenge:

1. Learn Rachel’s story. Rachel had a premonition that she would die young, but she also believed that she would somehow impact the world. She believed that random acts of kindness could start a chain reaction that would make the world a more compassionate place and she practiced what she preached.

2. Eliminate prejudice. Learn to find the good in everybody and understand that first impressions are meaningless.

3. Dream big. Set goals for yourself, even if you don’t think you will ever meet them all.

4. Choose positive influences and leave negative, angry, hate-based influences out of your life. And don’t be afraid to stand up for what you truly believe in.

5. Commit random acts of kindness. Small random acts of kindness can create a huge impact on both you and the recipient of your acts of kindness.

6. Start a chain reaction of compassion. Reach out to people you normally wouldn’t reach out to and steer away from rumors and gossip. Encourage your friends, peers, colleagues, coworkers, and family members to accept Rachel’s Challenge and spread the compassion and kindness.

7. Become a Friend of Rachel (FOR) and sign the official pledge at http://www.rachelschallenge.org/ContactUs/AcceptRachelsChallenge.php.

“… and people will never know how far a little kindness can go.”

Rachel Joy Scott

Meet Rachel Joy Scott

Rachel’s Official Website:

http://www.rachelschallenge.org/

Something to Think about: How do you feel about Rachel’s Challenge?

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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